Commitment, Integrity, Leadership

Club Mission: Provide a safe, positve learning environment in order to prepare our players for future success, both on and off the field, so that they may reach their full potential as athletes and leaders through sport.

Recreational Mission: Facilitate a soccer experience that is inclusive and accessible while facilitating a fun, positive, and safe learning environment. 

Travel Mission: Produce players of the highest caliber that develop the capability of playing at the highest level while fostering a love and passion for the game.

The future of Herndon Youth Soccer is built on a foundation of growth, innovation, and impact, ensuring we continue to improve in providing the best possible developmental experience for our players families, and community.

The key pillars of our future success will be based

on:

1. A clear player pathway
2. Investment in coaching and facilities
3. Community and inclusivity
4. A passionate soccer culture

We are committed to refining and expanding our player development model, ensuring

that every player—from recreational to pre-travel to travel to a national competitive

platform—has a clear and structured pathway to grow in the game at their own pace.

This includes:

• Stronger transition programs like the Pre-Travel Premier Program.
• More developmental opportunities through specialized training, camps, and clinics.
• Increased focus on long-term player success - professional and collegiate
• recruitment and transition guidance; and parent engagement and education
• initiatives.

• Top tier coaching education to expose our coaches to developmental standards and best practices in Argentina and Spain. We took a group of our coaches to Buenos Aires last November to learn from AFA coaching education staff, as well as view sessions from several professional clubs in Argentina,
• including Estudiantes de la Plata, Boca  uniors, and River Plate.
• We are currently in discussion with the Fairfax County to adopt a field, and in partnership with the local government, build a four-turf field complex with office space and classrooms on one of our community parks.
• We have begun the process of integrating sports science and video analysis into our club culture to enhance development
• and performance – we already began using HUDL camera for game analysis, as well as an injury prevention program. Next season will start contracting a professional sports
• psychologist, and an injury prevention program.

As a club rooted in community engagement, we are always looking to expand the following:

• Scholarship and outreach programs in local community and religious centers to make the game accessible to all.
• Local partnerships with businesses, governmental organizations, and neighboring soccer clubs that strengthen our role within the community and expanding the scope of opportunities possible for our membership.
• Soccer Carnival to celebrate our diverse community and raise scholarship funds.

Our vision for our club is to create a place where:

• Players love the game and stay connected to beyond their youth careers. We currently have seven coaches that were once HYS players.
• Families and players feel engaged and a sense of club andcommunity pride through events, tournaments, and club traditions.
• Our identity as a premier club grows, making way for the next generation of talent to continue to achieve increasingly higher goals at both national and international levels.
• The club is seen as synonymous with sustainability and innovation, expanding programming, and embracing technological and methodological advancements in the game.
• We will continue to adapt, evolve, and be at the cutting edge of player development standards, ensuring we remain a hub for talent for years to come.

• Ambition and accountability
• Player development
• Community engagement
• Inclusivity and diversity
• Passion for the game

• Commitment: Dedication to growth, hard work, and perseverance—both on and off the field. Players, coaches, and families commit to the process of development, showing up with a positive attitude, embracing challenges, and striving for continuous improvement.
• Integrity: Treating teammates and opponents with respect and making the right choices. We foster a culture where accountability and trust shape the character of our players.
• Leadership is learning to communicate, inspire, and uplift others, taking responsibility one’s actions and working together to achieve success.

• Player-centric Model: Focus on long-term development over short-term team and/or match results.
• Possession-based club-centric Game Model: Focus on building a consistent game model across teams that provides platform to maximize growth for individual players.
• Player Profiles: KPIs for each age group to ensure developmental standards are being met for each player.